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Thomson Young Innovator of the Year Award to Be Presented at 2008 National Film Festival for Talented Youth

Posted on: Monday, 24 March 2008, 09:00 CDT

Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE: TMS) today announced the three finalists for the inaugural Thomson Young Innovator of the Year Award which will be presented at the 2008 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) taking place in Seattle, WA from March 28th to 30th. The award will be presented on the opening night of the festival to the recipient who has demonstrated extraordinary innovation in the use of imagination and technology in the course of producing the film, so as to markedly enhance the film's final quality.

NFFTY received more than 150 film submissions from filmmakers 21-years-old and under, and some as young as nine-years-old, that ranged from thought provoking to unconventional, and will showcase approximately half of those films over the two-day festival. The three finalists for the Thomson Young Innovator of the Year Award are Animal Instincts by Cameron Edser & Michael Richards, Peace by Stephen Sotor & Trace Gaynor and Memorium by Kevin Kllauber.

Finalists were selected by a jury of six, comprising senior Thomson executives and award-winning filmmakers including:

Jean-Charles Hourcade, Senior Executive Vice President and CTO, Thomson

Chris Carey, Chief Marketing Officer, Services Division, Thomson

Nicholas de Wolff, Founding Board of Governors, Producers Guild of America (New Media Council) (also CMO, Technology Division, Thomson)

Jesse Harris, award-winning writer, film director and co-founder of NFFTY

Kris Kristensen, award-winning producer and director ("White Face" and "Crack in the Sidewalk")

Tim Gibbons, Golden Globe award-winning television and film producer and director and executive producer of HBO's comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm

"As a visionary company on the forefront of innovations in the entertainment, communications and media industries, we are honored to recognize the efforts of an emerging talent with the Thomson Young Innovator of the Year Award," said Nicholas de Wolff. "We are thoroughly impressed with the diverse creativity exhibited in the films we reviewed, and we look forward to the challenging task of identifying the film with the best mix of technological ingenuity, imaginative storytelling and innovative use of tools."

The winner of the award will be presented with a one-of-a-kind handcrafted statue created by renowned sculptor Andrew DeVries, and announced on both NFFTY.org and Thomson.net on March 29th.

About Thomson -- World leader in digital video technologies

The world leader in digital video, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides technology, services, and systems to the Communications, Media and Entertainment industries - end-to-end solutions for content creators, broadcasters and network operators - enabling them to improve their commercial products and services offerings and dramatically increase performance in a rapidly changing video technology environment. For more information, please visit http://www.thomson.net.

About NFFTY

The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), pronounced "nifty," was formed in 2007 with the goal of becoming the largest and most influential film festival and support organization in America for young filmmakers, aged 21 and younger. NFFTY's parent organization is The Talented Youth, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Source: Business Wire

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